Social workers should have acted sooner to protect two children whose mother had mental health difficulties, a family court judge has said. Judge Lesley Newton said the children – now
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A judge has ruled that a 68-year-old woman ”locked into the end stage” of multiple sclerosis should be allowed to die. The woman’s daughter had told how her mother was
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Child abuse victims will begin giving testimonies for the first time next week about their ordeal as part of the huge independent inquiry into alleged sexual abuse in Westminster and
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The Government has issued an Improvement Notice to Cumbria County Counicl over ongoing problems in its children’s services department. Following earlier ‘inadequate’ inspections, Ofsted have now said action must be
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The deadline for nominations to the 2016 Autism Professionals Awards has been extended to Friday 13 November 2015. The National Autistic Society (NAS) event aims to encourage good autism practice
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The only NHS hospital in Britain that specialises in learning disabilities is to be closed down as part of a review following the Winterbourne View care home abuse scandal. NHS
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Creative activities, such as designing musical instruments, can improve the quality of life of people with dementia, according to researchers at Lancaster University. The ‘Ageing Playfully’ research project also found
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A two-day conference to be held at the University of Chester next month will examine how addiction and recovery are understood in a range of religious and spiritual traditions, as
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In the face of negative publicity and cuts to services, social workers are starting to find their voice, says Anna McLaughlin. Here she explains why she is involved in setting
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Two care home owners and an employee have received jail sentences for ill-treating a 99-year-old dementia sufferer who was immersed in a scalding hot bath. Indrannee Pumbien, 59, her husband
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